Recent content by swizzol

They are HARD to catch...very fast. What happens? Does the tail come off? I lived in Florida for years. Had a cat that hunted lizards and bought the back to the house. I know some lizards shed appendages to get away.

Great Photos! Nice photos! I saw the plume from the Apple Pie Hill Tower, but just thought it was a controled burn.

We saw two northern fence lizards on Saturday, March 20. They were about a mile and a half north of the Batona Camp, on the Batona trail. I know March and April is the prime mating season for the lizard. Of my thousands of miles walked in the Pine Barrens, this was my first up close...

I viewed his log previously. We will post our log after our trip.

A simple drive on Route 539 offers a great introduction to the pygmy pines. Get off the Parkway at Exit 58 and head out west (or north) on 539. You will come upon the pygmy forest on both sides of the road in 3 or 4 miles. The road offers many vistas where one can see for miles in many...

I am in the process of putting together a 'day hike' for the entire 49.5 miles of the Batona Trail. We will be doing this, one of the first few Saturdays after March 8, 2009, when the clocks roll back. Our small group is comprised of marathon runners and experienced endurance trail hikers. We...